How to Use home brew in a Sentence

home brew

noun
  • Come out to enjoy tasty home brews, live music, and more.
    Philly.com, 2 May 2018
  • The festival includes live music, home brews on the patio and shuttle service to and from the grounds.
    Kathy Flanigan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 June 2019
  • Maybe the sous vide machine is actually a home brew kit he's used once, or a Smoke Gun, or a Searzall.
    Marian Bull, GQ, 17 Oct. 2017
  • Made with the absolute beginner in mind, this kit gives you all the tools necessary to make quality home brew and learn the craft as well.
    Popular Science, 16 Jan. 2020
  • But constant Starbucks runs are really burning a hole in my wallet, so its time to switch to some home brew.
    Courtney Campbell, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2019
  • In 2002, Long, the Local Brewing founder, bought her first home brew kit from the store and eagerly shared bottles of her early brewing efforts with Miller.
    Caleb Pershan, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Tickets start at $40 and include craft and home brew samplings, snacks and a commemorative mug.
    Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2022
  • Her first stop is New Orleans, where public drinking is legal and classic cocktails are preferred over home brews.
    Sara Aridi, New York Times, 22 May 2018
  • What’s one common thing that most Oregonians have in their lives (other than a kombucha home brew kit and an OPB membership)?
    Lizzy Acker, OregonLive.com, 1 Apr. 2018
  • Lowe first got into craft beer while studying at Auburn University, where a professor there would home brew.
    Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 5 Nov. 2019
  • Whether playing in the official setting thanks to the Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount or using them for a home brew game, these miniatures bring these factions to life in vivid color.
    Rob Wieland, Forbes, 27 May 2021
  • The ultimate homemade weeknight dinner should include a home brew.
    Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 25 Sep. 2017
  • Both brothers worked as architects before switching to beer after a few years of home brewing and operating a home brew store.
    Josh Noel, chicagotribune.com, 20 Apr. 2022
  • This will prevent problems such as hoarding or making home brew formulas.
    Steven A. Abrams, Chron, 12 May 2022
  • Visits in those last days came from members of a local mountain biking club; a home brew club that started there; and couples who met at Benno's or had their first date there — Benno's couples, as Weigel calls them.
    Bob Dohr, Journal Sentinel, 15 June 2022
  • Matt is the unmotivated everyman with a proficiency in PowerPoint and a love of home brew.
    Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2018
  • As the older Hernán shares a draft of his hallucination-stirring home brew and speaks about his own personal history, Jessica seems to empty herself out.
    Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2022
  • While bootleg home brews have occasionally been linked to fatalities, this is the deadliest instance reported in years.
    Laignee Barron, Time, 12 Apr. 2018
  • As always, my formulas are available to all for mixing at home or work, but the commercial products from three manufacturers are for gardeners and contractors who don't like mixing home brews.
    Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 18 June 2019
  • Applejack has come a long way from the illicit home brew that — like most moonshine — frequently contained hazardous compounds, like methanol and acetone, that can cause blindness, renal failure and other permanent damage.
    New York Times, 2 Feb. 2021

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